10 MCQs on the Id, Ego, and Superego
Which of the following is NOT one of Freud's three personality components?
- A. Id
- B. Ego
- C. Superego
- D. Libido
- Answer: D. Libido
What is the id?
- A. The rational, conscious part of the personality
- B. The impulsive, unconscious part of the personality
- C. The moralistic, superego part of the personality
- D. The mediating part of the personality
- Answer: B. The impulsive, unconscious part of the personality
What is the ego?
- A. The rational, conscious part of the personality
- B. The impulsive, unconscious part of the personality
- C. The moralistic, superego part of the personality
- D. The mediating part of the personality
- Answer: A. The rational, conscious part of the personality
What is the superego?
- A. The rational, conscious part of the personality
- B. The impulsive, unconscious part of the personality
- C. The moralistic, superego part of the personality
- D. The mediating part of the personality
- Answer: C. The moralistic, superego part of the personality
What is the Oedipus complex?
- A. A conflict that occurs in young boys when they develop sexual feelings for their mothers
- B. A conflict that occurs in young girls when they develop sexual feelings for their fathers
- C. A conflict that occurs in both young boys and girls when they develop sexual feelings for their parents
- D. A conflict that occurs in both young boys and girls when they develop sexual feelings for their siblings
- Answer: A. A conflict that occurs in young boys when they develop sexual feelings for their mothers
What is the Electra complex?
- A. A conflict that occurs in young boys when they develop sexual feelings for their mothers
- B. A conflict that occurs in young girls when they develop sexual feelings for their fathers
- C. A conflict that occurs in both young boys and girls when they develop sexual feelings for their parents
- D. A conflict that occurs in both young boys and girls when they develop sexual feelings for their siblings
- Answer: B. A conflict that occurs in young girls when they develop sexual feelings for their fathers
What is repression?
- A. The process by which the id forces the ego to suppress its desires
- B. The process by which the ego forces the id to suppress its desires
- C. The process by which the superego forces the id to suppress its desires
- D. The process by which the id, ego, and superego work together to suppress desires
- Answer: B. The process by which the ego forces the id to suppress its desires
What is the unconscious mind?
- A. The part of the mind that is not accessible to conscious awareness
- B. The part of the mind that is accessible to conscious awareness
- C. The part of the mind that is responsible for our thoughts, feelings, and behavior
- D. The part of the mind that is responsible for our dreams
- Answer: A. The part of the mind that is not accessible to conscious awareness
What is psychoanalysis?
- A. A type of therapy that focuses on the unconscious mind
- B. A type of therapy that focuses on the conscious mind
- C. A type of therapy that focuses on the id
- D. A type of therapy that focuses on the ego
- Answer: A. A type of therapy that focuses on the unconscious mind
What is transference?
- A. The process by which a patient's feelings about their parents are transferred to their therapist
- B. The process by which a therapist's feelings about their patients are transferred to their patients
- C. The process by which a patient's feelings about their therapist are transferred to their parents
- D. The process by which a therapist's feelings about their parents are transferred to their patients
- Answer: A. The process by which a patient's feelings about their parents are transferred to their therapist
I hope you find these MCQs helpful.
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